Sentences with phrase «government trade officials»

The bureau also works with government trade officials to protect and expand international markets for American alcohol and tobacco.

Not exact matches

SXSW comes after a string of embarrassing reports for Uber that put on display the company's treatment of women, its treatment of drivers, its alleged theft of trade secrets, its use of software to circumvent government officials, and its peculiar partnership with China's Baidu.

U.S. government debt prices were mixed in choppy trade as investors eyed fresh economic data and remarks from Federal Reserve officials.

The Toronto Financial Services Alliance and AdvantageBC today announced a partnership with Ontario, B.C. and federal government officials to promote a Canadian trading centre for the redback.

Administration officials say no news is expected at the summit on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement or on new sanctions on the Venezuelan government.

The talks so far have largely focused on the three countries proposing their preferred language for less controversial areas, such as digital and cross-border services trade, according to government officials and industry representatives briefed.

Among the entourage of government officials and prominent business leaders who accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper on an early - August trade mission to Brazil was the chief executive officer of a relatively obscure Canadian company called Weatherhaven.

That sector had 52 lobbying groups discussing the trade pact with government officials between April and June.

Soliciting donations using government stationery implies the communication is official and carries credibility on which the requesting party is trading.

On the eve of the U.K. government beginning the official process of leaving the European Union, sterling moved slightly higher against the dollar to trade at $ 1.2557 — mainly driven by a weaker dollar.

Shortly after, Uber was hit with a series of embarrassing reports, including allegations of the theft of trade secrets, use of software to circumvent government officials and a peculiar partnership with China's Baidu.

A China - based business source with knowledge of discussion among senior European officials said there had been a «clear effort» by the U.S. government over the past six months to introduce a coordinated approach to Chinese industrial policy, but that Trump's proposed metals tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 had undermined support from Europe.

Earlier in March, it was revealed that South Korea's government had banned all its officials from holding and trading cryptocurrencies.

Lately, there's been a lot of buzz about virtual currency trading in Nigeria, both among enthusiasts and government officials.

«Syngenta remains engaged with U.S. government officials to monitor impacts in renegotiations and trade - dispute actions,» Peterson says.

At the very time EU and North American trade officials were working out how Europe could conform with the WTO decision, Sarkozy's government came up with a new ban on a Monsanto corn variety that had previously been approved for cultivation in France.

Bittrex, a U.S. - based trading platform for cryptocurrencies, announced the hiring of three senior executives, including two former U.S. government officials, to help manage the company's rapid growth and ensure compliance with the emerging legal and regulatory environment.

As a result, bilateral ties between the two countries have become highly personalized with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping directing government commissions, sitting officials, and heads of state corporations to develop financial and trade deals — most of which are large - scale, top - down investments of Chinese money into key sectors of the Russian economy.

A government official speaking on background told The Canadian Press last week, that on the environment side, Canada will be looking to the free trade agreement recently signed with Europe, known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, as a temptrade agreement recently signed with Europe, known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, as a tempTrade Agreement, or CETA, as a template.

During the heated debate that proceeded its enactment, prominent economists and U.S. government officials predicted that NAFTA — a trade agreement aimed at liberalizing trade between member countries — would lead to growing trade surpluses with Mexico and that hundreds of thousands of jobs would be created.

China would welcome a successful outcome from trade talks with the U.S., but is fully prepared for all outcomes and will not negotiate on core interests, a Chinese government official said on Wednesday.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his heavyweight team of U.S. officials handed China a lengthy list of demands on trade, ranging from immediately cutting a trade imbalance by $ 100 billion a year to halting all Chinese government support for advanced technologies.

Mindful that a government which sidesteps its own laws in attacking lawyers and writers who stray from official orthodoxy may also be tempted to ignore local and international legal standards on trade, we should continue to emphasize legal compliance.

The officials recommended that the nation closely watch factors such as the outlook for supply of U.S. government debt, along with political developments including trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies when deciding whether to cut some Treasury holdings, the people said.

This was followed by the country instructing government officials to declare their cryptocurrency investments, which was later followed by a regulation stating they can no longer be involved in cryptocurrency trade.

The official exchange rate will be set based on the renminbi's trading performance, not simply by a government decree.

Antonio Ortiz - Mena, a former Mexican trade official, said the letter suggested a softening in tone but also contained several proposals that were likely to prompt a strong response from the Mexican government.

Although trade experts and government officials are still combing through the fine print, it is clear that the TPP will lead to fewer international trade barriers among the twelve participating members.

With mounting uncertainty over the future of the North American free - trade agreement and more states eyeing possible Buy American rules, Ontario is keeping the policy ready in case it is needed, a senior government official told The Globe and Mail.

The Trump administration is sending a delegation of top trade and economic officials to China next week at the request of China's government, President Trump announced this week.

He has published widely as author and editor, within government and in a personal capacity, commented frequently in the media; and made numerous presentations at various academic, business and official venues, including the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, APEC and the OECD.

Further, drug - related corruption continues to undercut international reconstruction efforts and good governance, as government officials abuse their positions by benefiting financially from the drug trade.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

Cuban government officials expressed openness to discussions about future trade and ways to partner with beverage alcohol importers, and NABI established important contacts at all levels that will assist in future relationships.

Asia - Pacific Regulators Meet to Grow International Wine Trade Pacific Rim officials met in Ottawa, Canada to streamline import - export requirements and reduce costs for governments and winemakers...

Chen is already complaining about «greedy» Australian agents and urging farmers to consider the long - term future of the trade rather than short - term profits — near identical language to that used by steel mills and government officials when Chinese demand was supercharging the iron ore price eight years ago.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

This article is based on conversations with Catherine Barnard, professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe, Steve Peers, professor of EU, Human Rights and World Trade Law at the University of Essex, Amy Porges, adviser and government representative on WTO negotiations and litigation and free trade agreements, John Springford, director of Research at the Centre for European Reform and other politicians, trade negotiators, civil servants and officials in London, Washington and Brussels who asked not to be nTrade Law at the University of Essex, Amy Porges, adviser and government representative on WTO negotiations and litigation and free trade agreements, John Springford, director of Research at the Centre for European Reform and other politicians, trade negotiators, civil servants and officials in London, Washington and Brussels who asked not to be ntrade agreements, John Springford, director of Research at the Centre for European Reform and other politicians, trade negotiators, civil servants and officials in London, Washington and Brussels who asked not to be ntrade negotiators, civil servants and officials in London, Washington and Brussels who asked not to be named.

In a sign of increased coordination among opponents of government cuts, student leaders have written to trade union officials to ask for their support.

The U.S. government has filed criminal and civil charges against a former Equifax Inc. executive over alleged insider trading linked to last year's massive data breach at the credit reporting company, officials said.

Duterte said government officials who use their positions to engage in a trade that wrecks the lives of many Filipinos were first on his list.

[67][68][69][70][71] Government of Ghana reciprocated with an official state visit on 5 August 2013, by the Vice-President of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah - Arthur whom met with the Vice-President of Iran, Eshaq Jahangiri on the basis of autarky and possible bilateral trade at the Islamic Republic of Iran's presidential palace, Sa» dabad Palace.

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) is the official government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright.

Trade unions have received at least # 113 million from the state through government - funded full time trade union officials, according to research by the Tax Payers Alliance (Trade unions have received at least # 113 million from the state through government - funded full time trade union officials, according to research by the Tax Payers Alliance (trade union officials, according to research by the Tax Payers Alliance (TPA).

I have heard various sources, including the leading EU officials, and German government ministers, insist these divorce issues are agreed before trade talks begin.

Popular Cocaine Trade: Even more disturbing was the linkage of government and public officials to cocaine trading and smuggling.

The trade mission will leave for Cuba on April 20 and will include «New York State government officials and business leaders,» according to the press release from Mr. Cuomo's office.

The dearth of specific procedures for the TIF is coming to light as discretionary funds have come under criticism by good - government groups and some legislators after Skelos and his partisan opposite, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, were convicted last year of trading official favors for kickbacks to themselves or their children.

Major electricity providers and some government officials in West Virginia, the state leading the charge against federal climate change regulations, want to use carbon trading to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets, according to public records obtained by ClimateWire.

«This research highlights a common problem in the illegal wildlife trade — the invisibility of trades that have not been researched and are not recognised in official government databases.»